Is swaddling necessary?

So I noticed a few days after my DS (dear son) was born that he doesn’t like to be swaddled. In fact, he would wake up when swaddled because he liked to touch his face and have his arms up. I’ve read over and over again how important swaddling is. Should I try to swaddle him now? He’s 11 weeks old.

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The only reason to swaddle is to stop the more reflex which makes them think they are falling. I stopped swaddling at 3 weeks but at 8 weeks I had to start it again because she had an over exaggerated moro reflex she would wake herself up and scream bloody murder. But now that I swaddle again she only wakes me up once at night.

Nope. I did sleep sacks with my first but my second has hated all of that. Only one nurse could successfully swaddle him in the hospital. He moves around too much and is gets frustrated having his feet covered. I can’t even put socks on him. 🙄

My odd hated swaddles it made her mad. June bug loved to be swaddles but he is big and strong and I was no longer comfortable leaving him at night swaddled. So we stopped. The transition was hard for him for a couple days so I’d say don’t start now. And once they roll it’s not suggested to swaddle anymore.

I dont swaddle anymore and lo has outgrew his sleep sack. I will be getting another one soon before it gets winter. when I did swaddle I kept hands out. Some babies hate having their hands in. I mainly swaddled to keep him warm in our room because we sleep with fans. He is now in his room in his crib.

We stopped swaddling around 2-3 weeks and my lo sleeps great through the night. She jolts from time to time but it doesn’t wake her. I think swaddling jay make it difficult to transition out of later so if u don’t need to, I probably wouldn’t.

Maybe look into the "love to dream swaddle" it allows the baby to sleep with their arms up by their face. My LO (little one) loves to have her hands by her face so it works out great for her. I bought hers off of Amazon. Target carries them, too.

Maybe look into the "love to dream swaddle" it allows the baby to sleep with ...

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09/12/2018

Maybe look into the "love to dream swaddle" it allows the baby to sleep with their arms up by their face. My LO loves to have her hands by her face so it works out great for her. I bought hers off of Amazon. Target carries them, too.

I second the Love To Dream Swaddle Up, but if your LO (little one) isn’t waking up due to the startle reflex then it probably isn’t necessary.

We just started using the Baby Merlin’s Magic Sleepsuit on occasion. The hands are out for self soothing, but the super padded suit minimizes the startle reflex. Plus, they look hilarious in them! We still use the Love To Dream for naps.

eta: we stopped swaddling early on because LO (little one) hated not having his hands by his face. We started swaddling again once discovering the Love To Dream around 9weeks. It’s made a HUGE difference towards sleeping longer for naps and at night.

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